D3 eligibility

Yes.

This may not be applicable to your situation, but D2 and D1 define participation as competition against other schools. If you were to transfer to D2, I think you would still have 4 years of participation remaining. If that's something you are considering, there are members here who know eligibility rules better than me.

MidAtlanticDad is correct (as is FenwaySouth).  Assuming the pitcher practiced with the team and worked out with them through the season, he has used one of his four "seasons of participation" at the D3 level.  However, if he were to transfer to D2 or D1, would still have four "seasons of eligibility" available assuming he meets all of the transfer requirements to be eligible next year.

Discovered the reason for D3's lack of redshirting last year.    They USED to allow red-shirting.   The practice stopped because of the wide range of schools at the D3 level -- from very large and cheap state universities  (as in Wisconsin) to  small and very expensive private schools.   The small privates thought it put them at a very serious disadvantage because for a kid to redshirt at one of them would cost the family another 50K while redshirting at one of the big public D3 would cost peanuts.  the big public D3 were using redshirting to stockpile talent. 

Rick at Informed Athlete posted:

MidAtlanticDad is correct (as is FenwaySouth).  Assuming the pitcher practiced with the team and worked out with them through the season, he has used one of his four "seasons of participation" at the D3 level.  However, if he were to transfer to D2 or D1, would still have four "seasons of eligibility" available assuming he meets all of the transfer requirements to be eligible next year.

Is this also true of graduate school?  If player does undergrad at a D3 and uses all 4 years of eligibility, can he play at a D1 or D2 while in grad school?  Does it matter if he actually played (as opposed to being on the team but not playing) during all the seasons at the D3?

I tried figuring out this question for myself once and gave up.  :-)

That would be possible as long as the player does not appear in a game during one of those seasons at the D3 school.  

Rick at Informed Athlete posted:

That would be possible as long as the player does not appear in a game during one of those seasons at the D3 school.  

Interesting. Any details or anyone have experience with this? Preparing for the future.

jacjacatk posted:

Rick at Informed Athlete posted:

That would be possible as long as the player does not appear in a game during one of those seasons at the D3 school.  

Interesting. Any details or anyone have experience with this? Preparing for the future.

Player has 4 years of eligibility. Not entering into competition at all, gives the player one more year to play on a team, thus he will have gained a redshirt year. In some cases it's possible to be on a roster for 6 years. For D3 you would need  further clarification. Call the NCAA.

I do believe that a few players at Clemson, D1 are grad students. Keep in mind though, that coaches usually save roster spots for grad students that have redshirt years that are impact players.